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Briton Matthew Smith, the partner of former Abercrombie & Fitch <br> <br> CEO Michael Jeffries, leaves court in Central Islip, New York on December <br> <br> 3, 2024<br> <br> <br> <br> The partner of the ex-CEO of the Abercrombie and Fitch clothing line pleaded <br> <br> not guilty Tuesday in US federal court to charges <br> <br> of sex trafficking and interstate prostitution and was released on $10 <br> <br> million bond.<br> <br> <br> <br> Briton Matthew Smith, the ex-CEO Mike Jeffries and their fixer James Jacobson allegedly used a "casting couch" ploy to groom aspiring male models to attend sex parties at which <br> <br> victims were plied with alcohol and drugs.<br> <br> <br> <br> After his arrest in October in Florida with Jeffries, Smith was held in custody in New York.<br> <br> Smith appeared in court Tuesday in Central Islip on Long Island, to the east of New York City.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Smith pleaded not guilty and was released on a $10 <br> <br> million bond put up by Jeffries and his family, said a statement from the <br> <br> US attorney's office for the eastern district of New York.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> An AFP photographer saw Smith leave the courthouse with what <br> <br> appeared to be a large electronic surveillance bracelet attached to his ankle.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Le Britannique Matthew Smith, compagnon de l'ancien patron de l'enseigne américaine de mode Abercrombie & Fitch, Michael Jeffries, sort du tribunal fédéral de l'est de l'Etat de <br> <br> New York, à Central Islip, le 3 décembre 2024, après avoir plaidé non coupable de <br> <br> trafic sexuel et proxénétisme<br> <br> <br> <br> Another hearing is scheduled for December 10 for Smith, Jeffries and Jacobson.<br> <br> <br> <br> Jeffries, 80, was released on a $10 million bond in late October.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Jeffries, who served as CEO of Abercrombie and <br> <br> Fitch from 1992 to 2014, is accused of creating and maintaining a ring that recruited <br> <br> young men to have sex with him and Smith.<br> <br> <br> <br> Prosecutors allege that between December 2008 and <br> <br> March 2015 Jeffries, Smith and Jacobson used a combination of <br> <br> "force, fraud and coercion" to traffic men in a sprawling prostitution enterprise.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Charging documents detail 15 anonymous victims, but prosecutors suggest the scale <br> <br> was probably much larger and have appealed for witnesses and victims to <br> <br> come forward.<br> <br> <br> <br> Prosecutors say young men were taken to the New York home of Jeffries and <br> <br> Smith and to hotels in Britain, France, Italy, <br> <br> Morocco to have sex with them.<br> <br> <br> <br> Jeffries faces the prospect of life in prison if convicted.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Jacobson also pleaded not guilty to the same charges as the other defendants and was released on half a million dollars bond <br> <br> in October.<br> <br> <br> <br> My blog :: เยอบีร่า ความหมาย - https://ecuadortenisclub.com/905428